ABOUT RACHEL McCRUM

Rachel landed in Edinburgh in 2010, via Manchester, New Zealand, Oxford and a small seaside town in Northern Ireland. Her first pamphlet, The Glassblower Dances, won the 2013 Callum MacDonald Award from the National Library of Scotland. She was the Michael Marks Poet in Residence at the Harvard Centre for Hellenic Studies in Greece in July 2013, and spent time in South Africa as part of the Scottish Poetry Library/British Council project Commonwealth Poets United in the spring of 2014. Mostly, she really likes getting up on stages.

Rachel’s Favourite View in Edinburgh?: From the top of the Scott Monument.

ABOUT AGNES

Agnes Török is a multilingual spoken word performer, poetry workshop leader, poetry event organiser, and human. Her show, ‘Sorry I Don’t Speak Culture,’ was awarded the Best International Spoken Word Show (PBH) at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Agnes is also part of running the collaborative spoken word movement Loud Poets. Her two favourite gigs ever were in a muddy Nepalese classroom and an Edinburgh Bingo Hall with pink neon signs. www.agnestorok.org & www.loudpoets.com

Anges’ Favourite View in Edinburgh?: The view over Arthur’s Seat from the top of the abandoned language library in David Hume Tower.